Garment hanger



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GARMENT HANGER Filed May 7, 1927 Fig. 4*

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Patented Aug. 6, 1929.

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Jorm w. n'oninson, or LowELL, messncnusn r'rs.

GARMENT HANGER.

Application filed May 7, an. 's'e'riai N0. matte.

This invention relates to a garment hanger and has for its object to provide a simple, eiiic'ient and inexpensive garment hanger capable of being detachably secured to clotheshooks of ordinary construction so as to proj ect therefroinand so as to be'sccured in substantially "fixed relation thereto.

The garment hanger in its preferred form is provided with a garmentsupporting member from which a plurality of garn'ients may be suspended in spaced relation, and said member has-mounted on it, a member capable of being slipped over the clotheshook, and has connected with it means which co-oper ates with the said member and with the hook to detachably and frictionally secure thegarment-sup 'iorting member in its projected position in substantially fixed relation to the hook.

The garment supporting member has provision for hanging thereon a plurality of ordinary garment hangers, as will be described.

These and other features of this invention will be pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

Fig. 1 represents in elevation and section a detachable garment-hanger embodying the invention, and showing the same in operative relation to a clothes-hook;

Fig. 2, a section on the line 2-2, Fig. 1, through the garment-supporting member;

Fig. 3, a detail of a modified form of garment-supporting member, and

Fig. 4, an elevation of a modified construc tion of the garment hanger.

Referring to the drawing 10 represents a clothes-hook of ordinary construction, such as now commonly used in closets in house holds and which is secured to a wall of the closet, which wall is represented by the line 12.

The clothes-hook 10 is usually provided with upper and lower arms 13, 14: of unequal length, upon which the clothes are usually hung. The number of garments which can be conveniently hung upon the clothes-hook 10 is limited, and the present invention has for its objectto provide a hanger from which a plurality of garments can be suspended, so that the garments may be kept in proper condition and individually suspended in spaced relation, which hanger is capable of being detachably and frictionally secured to the CiOt11S-i100k 10.

In Fig. '1, one'construction of hanger is illustrated, which consists of a thm metal tubular member 16 split longitudinally and reinforced by a wooden or other non-metalllc core or rod 17, into which may be screwed a plurality of hooks or eyes 19 which are spaced apart and from each of which a garment, not shown, is ua'gned to be hung.

The garment-supper .ing member 16. 17 is detachably and frictionally secured to the clothesdiook 10 so as to project outwardly therefrom, preferably in a substantially hori zontal plane.

In the present instance a preferred con struction is shown for this purpose, which consists of a ring-like member 20 mounted on the i; ember 16, 17 to slide thereon and capable of being engaged with the upper surface of theupper arm '13 of the hook 10, and a secondring-like member 21, which is passed through a hole in the member 16, 17 near the inner end thereof and is capable of engaging the under surface of the lower arm 14 of the hook 10.

By reference to Fig. 1, it will be seen that the weight of the garment-supporting member tends to move the ring 21 upwardly and the ring 20 downward, and thereby cause said rings to frictionally grip the hook 10 and retain the garment-supporting member in its operative position, and this frictional grip is increased as the garments are hung upon the hooks or eyes 18.

The garment-supporting member 16, 17 is readily detachable from the hook 10, and is especially adapted to be used by persons traveling, as it can be readily packed in a bag or trunk and applied to any standard form of hook.

It will thus be observed that the garmentsupporting member is provided with a ringlike member 20 for engaging the upper surface of the arm 13 of the hook 10 and has connected with it means for engaging the hook 10 so as to co-operate with the ring-like member 20 and detachably and frictionally secure the garment-supporting member in a substantially fixed relation to the hook in a position in which it projects from the hook.

In Fig. 3, the ring-like members 20, 21 which engage the hook 10 are shown as partially closed rings or hooks, and the members 18 from which the garments are hung are shown as rings slidable on the garment supporting member In Fig. 4, the garment-supporting member is represented as made from a piece of wire bent at its centerto form upper and lower arms 23, 24 which are secured together at their inner ends by twisting the end of the upper arm 23 about the lower arm 24. The upper arm 23 has the ring-like member 20 mounted on it to slide thereon, and the lower arm 23 has the ring-like member 21 connected with it.

From the above description it will be seen that I have provided a garment-supporting member from which a plurality of garments may be hung, which is capable of being applied to hooks of ordinary construction, and frictionally secured in fixed relation thereto, and readily detached therefrom when not in use by movement of the supporting member in the direction of its length away from the hook with which it co-operates.

WV hat is claimed is:

1. A detachable garment support adapted for use in combination with a hook provided with upper and lower arms, said support comprising a rigid garment supporting member adapted to project from said hook with its rear end located between said upper andlower arms, a ring-like member mounted on said rigid garment-supporting member to slide thereon and engage the upper surface of the upper arm of said hook, and a second ring-like member connected with the rear end of said rigid garment-supporting member and engaged with the under surface of the lower arm of said hook and co-operating with said first-mentioned ring-like member to detachably and frictionally secure the garmentsupporting member in its projected position in substantially fixed relation to said hook.

2. A detachable garment support adapted for use in combination with a hook provided with upper and lower arms, said support comprising a rigid garment-supporting member adapted to project from said hook with its rear end located between said upper and lower arms, a ring-like member mounted on said rigid garment-supporting member to slide thereon and engage the upper surface of the upper arm of said hook, and a device connected with the rear end of said rigid garment-supporting member and depending therefrom to be engaged with the underside of the lower arm of said hook and co-operating with the ring-like member to detachably and frictionally secure the garment-supporting member in its projected position in substantially fixed relation to said hook between the arms of thelatter.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name, to this specification.

JOHN W. ROBINSON. 

